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Indian women keen for a fresh start S. Thyagarajan Casting aside the depression, dejection and deep sense of disappointment over a place on the podium at the Commonwealth Games, the Indian women are keen for ...

India to host four major FIH tourneys in next 3 years MONTREUX ( SWITZERLAND): The successful conduct of the men’s hockey World Cup earlier this year has earned rich dividends for India as the country ...

Indian hockey team to use GPS system for two matches V Narayan Swamy The Indian hockey team will use the newly-acquired GPS systems during the first two league matches against Hong Kong and Bangladesh at ...

Brasa’s fate in balance Jose Brasa is in two minds. The chief coach of Indian men’s hockey team was homesick before the Commonwealth Games and wanted to pack his bags to Spain. He is not ...

Teams have a feel of hockey turf S. THYAGARAJAN All the loose ends — and there were not many — in the gorgeous spic and span AOTI Sports complex were sewn up as the 16th ...

Netherlands to host 2014 field hockey World Cups MONTREUX ( Switzerland): The Netherlands beat England to host the men’s and women’s field hockey World Cups in 2014. The tournaments, now held every four years, will ...

Perfect chance to script turnaround One of the bitterest chapters in Indian hockey was scripted at the Doha Asian Games in 2006 when the team failed to qualify for the semifinals, after suffering an embarrassing ...

Coaching genius at work AVINASH NAIR TEAM WORK was key to success of the junior team in the nationals feels coach Shamugham. Even without any international training in coaching, P. Shanmugham has led the under-20 ...

Hockey skipper to lead Pakistani contingent at Asian Games’ ceremonies Hockey captain Zeeshan Asharf will lead the Pakistani contingent at the opening and closing ceremonies of the 16th Asian Games in China, the Pakistan Olympic ...

We have to take it match by match: Harendra GUANGZHOU: The Indian men’s hockey team, aiming to book a berth in the 2012 London Olympics after missing out Beijing Games two years, needs to look ...